manufacturers need to evaluate the reliability of their products in order to increase the customer satisfaction. proper analysis of reliability also requires an effective study of the failure process of a product, especially its failure time. so, the failure process modeling (fpm) plays a key role in the reliability analysis of the system that has been less focused on. this paper introduces a f...

For rehabilitation of damaged concrete structures, the durability of repair overlay is a very important issue. Self-compacting concretes (SCC) are known as a suitable repair overlay materials. In this study, the durability of different self-compacting lightweight aggregate concretes (LWSCC) and effect of lightweight aggregate type on them is investigated. 3 mix designs of LWSCC containing three...

In this paper, we study the corrosion behavior of parylene-metalparylene thin films using accelerated-lifetime soak tests. The samples under test are thin film resistors with a 200 nm layer of Au sandwiched by parylene-C on both sides, fabricated with parylenemetal skin technology. The samples are tested in hot saline both passively and actively, and different failure modes are observed using o...

The corrosion of steel reinforcement in an aging highway infrastructure is a major problem currently facing the transportation engineering community, in particular bridge engineers. In the United States, maintenance and replacement costs are measured in billions of dollars. Further, the use of deicing salts has resulted in steady deterioration of bridge decks due to corrosion. These concerns ha...

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Volume 81, February 2003 Complex flows with boundary layer separation and reattachment commonly occur in situations of practical interest. In such flows, any accompanying heat or mass transfer is strongly influenced by the fluid dynamics. For example, rates of heat or mass transfer to the wall can have large variations in the reattachment region. In...

As one of the main products produced by oral microorganisms, the role of lactic acid in the corrosion of titanium is very important. In this study, the corrosion behavior of titanium in artificial saliva with and without lactic acid were investigated by open-circuit potentials (OCPs), polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). OCP firstly increased with the amount of ...

Title of Dissertation: CREEP CORROSION OVER PLASTIC ENCAPSULATED MICROCIRCUIT PACKAGES WITH NOBLE METAL PREPLATED LEADFRAMES Ping Zhao, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation Directed By: Dr. Michael Pecht, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Field failures were observed to be caused by the bridging of corrosion products across lead fingers. This phenomenon was identified as creep ...